Improvement in type-setting machines



. 2Sheets--SheeHl' THOMAS lJPLU-NKET Improvement in Ty 'No. 114,850.

pe-Setting Machines.

Patented May16, I87]. 'l' .;?(am/' I 28h THOMAS J. PLUNKET Improvement in Type-Setting Machines. .NO. 114,850. I 'Patent'ed Ma yl6,187l.

A IW 5 l hl sea "THOMAS J. manner, or NEW YORK, It.

Letters Patent No. 114.850, dated May 16, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT- m ;"rvPs-ssr1'ine MACHlNES."--

The Schedule referred coin these Letters Batent and making part of tiresome.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J. Pnuuics'r, of the the same, reference being Figure 1 is a plan' view of my invention, the magnet being shown in the act of taking or receiving a type. "Figure 2 is. a planv'iew of the same, the magnet being shown in the act of delivering the type.

Figure 3' is atransverse section of themachine,

showing more particularly the. construction" 'of. the type-chamber-T. v

, Figure 4 is a transverse section of the machine, showing the delivery-chamber.

. Figure-5 is a view of' the delivery-chamber.

" In the drawing like parts of the invention are pointed out by the same letters of reference.

.The nature of the present invention consists- A a. In theuse or employment in 'a type-setting ma;

chine of one or more electro or'permanen't magnets for the purpose of collecting and carrying the type or types from the chambers from which they may be fed jto a general delivery-chamber.

b. In breakingthe electric current (when a battery connected with the magnet or magnets is used) to facilitate the delivery of the type, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

c. In constructing the type-chambers as more fully hereinafter set forth.

(I. In constructing the delivery-chamber, as more 'iull'y hereinafter set forth.

The object of the present invention is the pro- ;duction of a type-setting machine rapid and reliable in its operation, as more fully'hereinafter will be explained.

To enable those skilled in the'arts to make and use my invention,-I will describe its construction and operation. I

' A shows a circular frame for supporting the opera tive parts of my machine.- B shows a cap inserted in a central opening in the l frame A and extending through the frame, through i which cap is passed .an upright shaft, 0,,

I v .The mctal-is continued in them'anufacture of the shad to form a head upon the same, in which head, after being perforated, the magnet or. magnets em-- 1 ployed byrne are inserted. v

, 1 Upon the lowerextremity of the shaft 0 is keyed the bevel-wheel D, gearing into the bevel-wheel E,

held upon a shaft, F, extending across the lower portion of the circular fra'tne A, and resting in and supported by the hangers G, secured upon the under side i of the frame A.

Upon one end "of the shaft F is the cranli or handle r I v I H, by which the shaft 1! may be operated as desired;

Seeurcdinthe head of the shaft O, by means of a set-screw or in any convenient way, is amagnet, I, which may be a permanent magnet, or, if desired, mav' be an electro-magnet, connected with or. to a battery bythe wires J J,'th'e ends of which are inserted in the caps K K, secured upon the under side of the frame A, while the cap K is connected to the rhet-allicstrip M arranged upon a portion of the inner bevel of the frame A by,means of a wire, N.

0 shows a projecting arm secured at one end upon the side of the head formedupon-the shaft 0 and provided with a foot, 1?, uponthe under side of which is secured a pin, R, operated by a spring, 1', so that the picRshall have a-beariugupon the metallic strip secured upon the inner bevel of the frame A;

This projecting arm 0 is connected to the magnet I by means of a wire, S, so that the current of electricity can be broken as desired.

T shows one of aseries of type-delivering chambers employed, secured in the circular frame in a position inclining to the front or interior of the frame A.

This chamber T consists of a type-channel. formed of any suitable material, in which the types to be set are placed.

Directly in front of. the channel and forming a continuation ofithe same is placed a type-deliverer or feeden'Ufconsisting of a perforated plate of metal, providedupon its lower front portion with an inclined way, 2, and also upon its upper rear portion with the inclinedway 3 placed a little back of the inclined way 2.

Through the bottom of this type-delivcrer or feeder, apusher, 4, rises, the lower end of which is secured in a plate of metal, 5, upon one end of a bent lever,

6, the opposite end of which rod is received in the slotted end of a key, 7.

A spiral spring, 8, is attached at one end upon the attached to the lever 6,- so as. toassist in the operation of thesame.

8 shows a weight held within the perforated portion of a plate of metal to assist in delivering or feeding the type, as more fully hereinafter set fort-h.

9 shows the delivery-chamber into which the type, after being collected by the magnet or magnets em-. ployed, are delivered;

This delivery-chamber cousist s'of a plate of metal, or any suitable material, secured in the f ame A, and provided with a channel in which the type is received, the bottom of which projects slightly beyond the in; terior of the frame A.

Into one side of this plate of metal the slide 10 is inserted, provided on its forward end or face with the toes 11, which hold the bent pins 12 projecting laterally across the channel. 7

Dire 'iy behind the slide 10 is placed a spring, 13, by which a ibrward movement is given to the slide after it has been forced back by the foot P upon the projecting arm 0, which foot 1? is brought into 0011- tact with the lower portion of the slide.

Such being the construction, the operation is as follows:

If electrc-magnets are to be employed, connection is established between them and a battery by means of the wires J J 2 and wire N, and the types, which have magnetic properties, are placed in their proper channels, a channel being used for each letter, sign, or

symbol, (one of said channels being shown on the.

an a pusher, 16, having its front end made weed behind the line of type contained in i, the first or forward type of which rests directly over the pusher 4.

The machine is now ready for operation.

The compositor depresses the key 7, a key being drawing) employed 'for and connected with each channel, (one el ed, and which, as the type is elevated in the inclined way, is thrown back, so that, as it returns to its former position, it impinges upon the type, and the same glides into the inclined way 2 placed below and in advance of the inclined way 3, and is received on the projecting bottom of the same. The finger meanwhile having been removed from the key, the spiral spring causes the leverlto be returned to its former position, carrying with it the pusher 4.

-While the pusher 4 is receding to its former position the plioiiui' l6, placed, as shown, behind the line of type, causes the same to be advanced and a second type to assume itsposition in the place of the type which formerly stood directly over the pusher 4.

The type delivered from the channel and upon the projecting bottom, the other hand of thecompositor is placed upon the crank or handle H and the same is turned, by which a rotary mo ement is given to the shaft h and through the shaft to the magnet I.

delivery-chamber, the bent pin serving to guide the type and prevent its falling out of .the channel, a rest,

20, having its face slightly inclined, having been previously placed in the channel against which the type rests; and, as the foot I impinges upon or against the lower portion of the slide 10, the slide is moved back, carrying the type with it; which, having been accomplished, the spring placed behind the slide causes,

the same to be advanced to its former position ready v to assist in the delivery of the succeeding type.

Any number of magnets that can be advantageously employed may be used, andit will be found that a machine constructed and operating as just recited will .collect and deliver the type rapidly and reliably, provision of course being made for driving the machine by power.

Having thus set forth my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. The use oremployment, ina type-setting machine,

of one'or more electro or permanent magnets for the purpose of collecting and carrying the type or types from the chambers from which they may be fed, substantially at herein set forth.

2. Suspending the operation of the electric current. (when the battery is connected with the machine, substantially as described, for the purposes set forth.

3. Combining with the type-chamber 'l the typedeliverer U, provided with an inclined way, 2, a pusher, 4, connected to the key, as shown, and a weight, 8, when constructed and operating substautially as and for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination, with the delivery-chamber 9, of the slide 10, bent pins 12, spring 13, and foot P of the projecting arm 0, when the same shall be con-p structed and operate substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

' THOS. J. PLUNKET. Witnessesi A. SIDNEY'DOANE, WM. HASTINGS. 

